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Will Capitalism survive the 21st century?聽
05 December 2024, 6:00 pm鈥�7:30 pm
UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies聽presents its inaugural Annual Conversation with Gillian Tett,聽Ash Sarkar, and聽Thomas Piketty.
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Centre for Capitalism Studies
Join us for the inaugural UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies (CCS) Annual Conversation as we engage one of the most pressing questions of our time.
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Thomas Piketty鈥檚 monumental work 'Capital in the 21st Century', this event will bring together some of the most influential voices on capitalism to debate its future.
- Gillian Tett (Financial Times & King鈥檚 College Cambridge)
- Ash Sarkar (Novara Media)
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- Thomas Piketty (Paris School of Economics)
Free and open to all, but spaces are limited!聽Registration is essential:聽
The UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies is a world-leading centre for critical interdisciplinary research into the past, present, and future of capitalism. It brings together UCL faculty and students studying how markets, finance and economic institutions shape our everyday life, structure societies鈥� capacity to change, and are contested and remade across time and space.
About the Speakers
Gillian Tett
Provost at King's College, Cambridge
An anthropologist by training, Gillian was previously Chairman of the US Editorial Board and America Editor-at-Large at the聽Financial Times. Alongside her role as Provost, she continues to write a weekly column and is a member of the editorial board for the聽FT. She is the author of, among other books,聽Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business and Life聽and the聽New York Times听产别蝉迟蝉别濒濒别谤听Fool's Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets and Unleashed a Catastrophe.
Ash Sarkar
Senior editor at Novara Media
Ash聽Sarkar聽is a British journalist, economic聽and political commentator, and聽senior editor at聽. Sarkar is a contributor to聽The Guardian听补苍诲听The Independent.
Thomas Piketty
Chaired Professor at Paris School of Economics
Thomas Piketty is Professor of Economics and Economic History at聽聽and at the聽. His research lies at the intersection of historical political economy and socio-economic history. He is the author of research articles published in journals such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Political Economy, the American Economic Review, the Review of Economic Studies, Explorations in Economic History, Annales: Histoire, Sciences Sociales. He has done historical and theoretical work on the interplay between economic development, the distribution of income and wealth, and political conflict.These works have led to emphasize the role of political, social and fiscal institutions in the historical evolution of income and wealth distribution. Thomas Piketty is also co-director of the聽聽and the聽, and one of initiators of the聽. He is the author of several books including聽听(2014),听聽(2020) and聽听(2022).